Thursday, February 28, 2013

I will be teaching my Scottish Sampler class for the Albemarle Handweavers Guild on April 21 & 22, 2013.
This is a combination of my Tartans and my Tweeds & District Checks class - a nice combination of two traditional Scots textiles. I am posting scans here of the samples for this class so that the students can choose the warp for their loom. The Tweeds will be woven with Jaggerspun Maine Line and Heathers 2/8 set at 12 epi, the Tartans will be woven with Jaggerspun Superfine Merino 2/18 set at 30 epi.

There may still be room for more students in this class - let me know very soon if you are interested by leaving a comment for this post!

Weavolution

Books!

In spite of having sworn to pass up on all Jane Austen knock offs, I somehow felt that P D James might possibly get it right. Alas, I was mistaken, and I regret the hours devoted to reading this ponderous tale.

This is Daphne Du Maurier's second novel and it contains a lot of the angst and restlessness of a young man who has much to learn on his way to adulthood. A little angst goes a long way, but there is much in the writing that is evocativ...